- Source: Athagarh Assembly constituency
Athagarh (Sl. No.: 89) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district, Odisha.
This constituency includes Athagad NAC, Athagarh Block, Tigiria Block and 6 Gram panchayats (Kakhadi, Sankarpur, Badasamantarapur, Mangarajpur, Mahisalanda and Brahmapur) of Tangi-Chowdwar Block.
Nearby villages & towns of Tigiria Nizigarh are Baliput, Baneswarpada, Bindhanima, Biriput, Godarabandha, Bhiruda, Godijharia, achalkot, Haridapasi, Sanapatna.
Tigiria is the smallest princely state in Odisha and famous for many historical reasons. Even though as per revenue department it is a village but all facilities available within just one square kilometre.There are 2 Government High schools, two colleges, one head post office, Court, Police station, hospital everything available here. Places of Tourist attraction like Ansupa Lake (12 km), Bhatarika Temple (21 km), Dhabaleswar Temple (25 km) are nearby Tigiria.
Elected Members
Since its formation in 1951, 20 elections were held till date including 3 By elections in 1967, 1980 and 2012.
List of members elected from Athagarh constituency are:
Election Results
= 2024
=Voting were held on 25th May 2024 in 3rd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 6th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.
= 2019
=In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Brajendra Kumar Ray by a margin of 57,995 votes.
= 2014
=In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 68487 votes.
= 2012 (bypoll)
=In 2012 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain defeated Indian National Congress candidate Suresh Mohapatra by a margin of 47,390 votes.
= 2009
=In 2009 election, Independent candidate Ramesh Rout defeated Independent candidate Bichitrananda Muduli by a margin of 30,351 votes.
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References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Athagarh Assembly constituency
- Kantabanji Assembly constituency
- Cuttack Lok Sabha constituency
- Deogarh Assembly constituency
- Sambalpur Assembly constituency
- Barabati-Cuttack Assembly constituency
- Jajpur Assembly constituency
- Hinjili Assembly constituency
- Patkura Assembly constituency
- Kaptipada Assembly constituency